dilutionn.

/dʌɪˈl(j)uːʃən/

/dɪˈl(j)uːʃən/

Etymology: noun of action < Latin dīlūt- participial stem of dīluĕre to dilute v.: so in modern French, admitted by the Academy in 1878.

1. The action of diluting; a making thin, fluid, or weaker by the admixture of water or other reducing substance; watering down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dilution > [noun]

delayinga1500

dilution1646

diluting1665

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making (immaterial things) weak

enervationa1575

watering1604

dilution1646

weakening1651

enervatinga1674

dissolution1684

emaciating1717

enfeeblement1805

dilutement1807

watering1840

attenuation1868

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 161 Water..serving for refrigeration, dilution of solid aliment..in the stomacke.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dilution..a washing, or clensing, a purging or clearing.

1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments v. (R.) Opposite to dilution is coagulation, or thickning.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 106 The activity of the oxygen being tempered by dilution with nitrogen.

figurative.1872 J. Morley Voltaire v. 207 The Protestant dilution of the theological spirit.1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxxvi. 3 Strange dilution and defilement of Scriptural language!

2. Dilute condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > qualities of liquid > thinness or paleness

wheyishness1637

wheyiness1662

diluteness1668

dilution1805

1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 386 Owing to the state of very great dilution in which the earthy salt existed in this solution.

1827 M. Faraday Exper. Res. No. 41. 226 Equal quantities..in the same state of dilution.

3. A thing in a dilute state, that which is diluted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dilution > [noun] > that which is diluted

dilution1861

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > weakness of immaterial things > typical example of

water1698

water gruel1702

dilution1861

1861 R. W. Emerson Old Age in Wks. (1906) III. 131 Tobacco, coffee, alcohol..strychnine, are weak dilutions: the surest poison is time.

1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. v. 222 A feeble dilution of the most watery kind of popular teaching.

4. The substitution of unskilled or semi-skilled for skilled workers.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > reducing number of skilled workers

dilution1916

deskilling1976

1916 Times 17 June 7/5 They had no objection to the Admiralty introducing dilution all round, but..they must ask..that the position of the skilled workers would not be unduly harmed.

1919 Daily Mail Year Bk. 111/1 True, the dilution of labour includes the employment of a large contingent of unskilled men besides women.

1921 Daily Mail Year Bk. 60/2 Dilution by taking in unskilled and partially skilled men, and particularly ex-Service men.

1940 Economist 24 Feb. 322/1 No decisions have been reached about the scale and conditions of dilution in general, female employment in particular, and retraining.

1964 Times Rev. Industry Feb. 71/2 They may..sponsor dilution (more jobs for women at equal pay and quicker apprentice training).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	dilution
释义	dilutionn. /dʌɪˈl(j)uːʃən//dɪˈl(j)uːʃən/ Etymology: noun of action < Latin dīlūt- participial stem of dīluĕre to dilute v.: so in modern French, admitted by the Academy in 1878. 1. The action of diluting; a making thin, fluid, or weaker by the admixture of water or other reducing substance; watering down. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dilution > [noun] delayinga1500 dilution1646 diluting1665 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making (immaterial things) weak enervationa1575 watering1604 dilution1646 weakening1651 enervatinga1674 dissolution1684 emaciating1717 enfeeblement1805 dilutement1807 watering1840 attenuation1868 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 161 Water..serving for refrigeration, dilution of solid aliment..in the stomacke. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dilution..a washing, or clensing, a purging or clearing. 1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments v. (R.) Opposite to dilution is coagulation, or thickning. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 106 The activity of the oxygen being tempered by dilution with nitrogen. figurative.1872 J. Morley Voltaire v. 207 The Protestant dilution of the theological spirit.1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxxvi. 3 Strange dilution and defilement of Scriptural language! 2. Dilute condition. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > qualities of liquid > thinness or paleness wheyishness1637 wheyiness1662 diluteness1668 dilution1805 1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 386 Owing to the state of very great dilution in which the earthy salt existed in this solution. 1827 M. Faraday Exper. Res. No. 41. 226 Equal quantities..in the same state of dilution. 3. A thing in a dilute state, that which is diluted. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dilution > [noun] > that which is diluted dilution1861 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > weakness of immaterial things > typical example of water1698 water gruel1702 dilution1861 1861 R. W. Emerson Old Age in Wks. (1906) III. 131 Tobacco, coffee, alcohol..strychnine, are weak dilutions: the surest poison is time. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. v. 222 A feeble dilution of the most watery kind of popular teaching. 4. The substitution of unskilled or semi-skilled for skilled workers. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > reducing number of skilled workers dilution1916 deskilling1976 1916 Times 17 June 7/5 They had no objection to the Admiralty introducing dilution all round, but..they must ask..that the position of the skilled workers would not be unduly harmed. 1919 Daily Mail Year Bk. 111/1 True, the dilution of labour includes the employment of a large contingent of unskilled men besides women. 1921 Daily Mail Year Bk. 60/2 Dilution by taking in unskilled and partially skilled men, and particularly ex-Service men. 1940 Economist 24 Feb. 322/1 No decisions have been reached about the scale and conditions of dilution in general, female employment in particular, and retraining. 1964 Times Rev. Industry Feb. 71/2 They may..sponsor dilution (more jobs for women at equal pay and quicker apprentice training). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1646
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